, china number one followed by japan, bril disa, -- brazil, a assistant third. the cliff negotiations, speaker boehner's offer of a tax rate hike for those making more than a million a year, and speaker boehner reportedly also willing to postpone the debt ceiling issues for at least a year, unclear how. white house aides cite it as progress. joining us lou lehr man, american historian, and great american. >> great to be here always, lou. lou: this is wonderful to watch. the equity market responds at just the suggestion that the two men are actually talking, if talking by one another. what are your thoughts? >> well, the fear and trem ling -- trembling that's spread all over the country and the world about american falling off the cliff, and thus a recession in the united states, the biggest economy in the world, can cause a temporary spurt in activity; however, it shouldn't be forcen freeding this was the federal reserve's qe4 announcement, a trillion dollars in a single year, recreation of new money, money makes it go. lou: you are suggesting that a lousy extra $45 billion a month fr
